“重要的是你在犯错后所做的事情”:积极的就业证书、犯罪记录污名和潜在的调解途径

IF 4.6 1区 社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY Criminology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI:10.1111/1745-9125.12319
Megan Denver, Samuel E. DeWitt
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引用次数: 4

摘要

先前研究的结果表明,积极的证书,或亲社会成就的文件,在减轻对雇用有犯罪记录的人的厌恶方面,其强度和感知价值可能会有所不同。在目前的研究中,我们研究了为什么某些类型的积极证书在减少污名方面可能比其他类型更有影响力。使用一项针对美国成年人的全国性调查的数据(N=3476),我们将中介分析与开放式回答的内容编码相结合,以确定决策过程中的关键主题和模式。结果表明,这里考察的因素——员工的可靠性、可信度、累犯风险和工作场所犯罪——解释了证书总影响的很大一部分,并且在推荐信中最为明显。可信度是证书中最具影响力的中介,而一般累犯风险始终最低。对开放式回答的分析提供了对这些模式的进一步背景和见解。尽管政策策略通常以雇主的风险降低为目标,但传递技能、性格和最近生活事件时间表信息的证书尤其具有影响力。
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“[It's] what you do after the mistake that counts”: Positive employment credentials, criminal record stigma, and potential pathways of mediation

The findings from prior research indicate that positive credentials, or documentation of prosocial accomplishments, can vary in strength and perceived value in mitigating aversions to hiring individuals with criminal records. In the current study, we examine why certain types of positive credentials may be more influential in reducing stigma than others. Using data from a nationwide survey of American adults (N = 3,476), we combine a mediation analysis with content-coding of open-ended responses to identify key themes and patterns in decision processes. The results indicate the factors examined here—employee dependability, trustworthiness, recidivism risk, and workplace crime—explain a large proportion of the total effect across credentials and are the strongest for reference letters. Trustworthiness is the most influential mediator across credentials, whereas general recidivism risk is consistently the lowest. An analysis of open-ended responses provides further context and insight into these patterns. Although policy strategies often target risk reduction on the employer's end, credentials that also relay information about skills, character, and the timeline of recent life events are especially influential.

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Criminology
Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: Criminology is devoted to crime and deviant behavior. Disciplines covered in Criminology include: - sociology - psychology - design - systems analysis - decision theory Major emphasis is placed on empirical research and scientific methodology. Criminology"s content also includes articles which review the literature or deal with theoretical issues stated in the literature as well as suggestions for the types of investigation which might be carried out in the future.
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